1906–07 Yorkshire Cup


The 1906 Yorkshire Cup was the second in the Rugby Football League club tournament's history. It was a knock-out competition between rugby league clubs from the English county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from outside the county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in December
1906 was the second occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
This year there were two new clubs to contest the final.
Bradford won the trophy by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by the score of 8–5
The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 10,500 and receipts were £286

Background

Brighouse Rangers, Castleford (1896) and Normanton left the league and the three non league clubs from last season were not invited, but they were replaced by junior/amateur club New Blackpool. This resulted in an overall decrease of five clubs, leaving a total of fifteen entrants.
This, in turn, resulted in one bye in the first round.
Pontefract resigned after 8 league matches and their record was expunged, but by this time, they had played in this competition.

Competition and results

Round 1

Involved 7 matches and 15 Clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef
1Sat 13 Oct 1906Bradford68–2BramleyPark Avenue
2Sat 13 Oct 1906Dewsbury10–27HuddersfieldCrown Flatt
3Sat 13 Oct 1906Hull3–6HalifaxBoulevard
4Sat 13 Oct 1906Hull Kingston Rovers44–0PontefractCraven Street
5Sat 13 Oct 1906Keighley34–2New BlackpoolLawkholme Lane
6Sat 13 Oct 1906Wakefield Trinity7–19LeedsBelle Vue
7Sat 13 Oct 1906York8–7BatleyClarence Street
8Hunsletbye

Round 2 – Quarterfinals

Involved 4 matches and 8 Clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef
1Sat 27 Oct 1906Bradford21–5LeedsPark Avenue
2Sat 27 Oct 1906Halifax6–0HunsletThrum Hall
3Sat 27 Oct 1906Hull Kingston Rovers11–3HuddersfieldCraven Street
4Sat 27 Oct 1906Keighley34–2YorkLawkholme Lane

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueRef
1Sat 17 Nov 1906Bradford6–4HalifaxPark Avenue
2Sat 17 Nov 1906Hull Kingston Rovers21–0KeighleyCraven Street

Final

Teams and scorers

Scoring – Try = four points – Goal = two points – Drop goal = one point